Method of manufacturing polarization-controlled surface emitting laser array
US5888842A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S2301/176
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a surface-emitting laser array device is disclosed. In order to control the polarization characteristics of the surface-emitting laser, the surface-emitting laser array device according to the present invention can be manufactured by alternately arranging the surface-emitting laser formed by inclining a cavity in the <110> and <110> direction in accordance with the row or the column direction of the surface-emitting laser, so that the polarization characteristics of the surface-emitting laser in two directions which are relatively perpendicular to each other may be obtained. According to the present invention, it has an advantageous effect that the interaction between the adjacent laser beams can be minimized with maintaining the symmetric feature of the lasing beam when manufacturing an integrated surface-emitting laser array device. Further, since the traveling direction of the lasing beam can be controlled depending upon the polarization characteristics, not only the optical interconnection or optical switching can easily be performed, but also the device can effectively be applied to the device, for example, the magneto-optic disk which is sensitive t…
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